Web Sites

To learn more about the North Magnetic Pole, visit these web sites.

Descriptions of the North Magnetic Pole, its significance and its history: 

• http://www.accessexcellence.org/arc/magnetic.html
• http://geo.phys.uit.no/articl/roadto.html#map

A superb site all about Nunavat, the newest province of Canada where the mission took place:

• http://www.nunavut.com/home.html

Descriptions of all the animals in the region (select Arctic fox, lemming, caribou, musk ox, polar bear, ptarmigans, snowshoe hare, wolf):

• http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/eng_ind.html

A superb site all about polar bears:

• http://www.polarbearsalive.org

Daily weather report from the automated station at Isachen, then final destination:

• http://wunderground.com/auto/braille/global/stations/71074.html

History of the Thule Eskimo culture along the mission's route:

• http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/ressec/thule.htm

Cool facts about auroras, also produced by streams of charged particles:

• http://www.cool-fact.com/archive/1997/07/10.html
• http://www.cool-fact.com/archive/1998/01/19.html
• http://www.cool-fact.com/archive/1999/12/30.html

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